Cushion covering for handles



Feb. 20, 1923/ 1,445,968.

S. LEVENSON.

CUSHION COVERING FOR HANDLES.

FILED JULY 14. 1922.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

SARAH LEvENsoN, on Kansas CITY, mrssou'ar.

CUSHION COVERING FOR HANDLES.

Application filed July 14, 1922. Serial No. 575,115.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SARAH LEvENsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Cushion Coverings for Handles, of which the following is a complete specification.

This invention relates to cushioning coverings or sheaths for the handles of various domestic appliances; such as floor mops, vacuum cleaners,- carpet sweepers, and .the like, and has for one of its objects to produce a protective covering extending the full length of a handle, said covering being of any suitable resilient material, preferably rubber, of sound deadening properties and of such nature that when the handle comes into contact'with the Woodwork or a piece of furniture, the protective vent the marring or scratching of such woodwork or furniture,, and will at the same time eliminate the noise incident to such contact.

Another object is to produce a cushion sheath provided at its upper end with an enlarged head of-resilient sound deadening material which will absorb and eliminate the noise produced by the falling of -the handle to the floor, and also serve as an efiicient non-rotative abutment point for the leaning of the handle against thewall or the like.

' A further object is to produce a devicevof the character set forth which is resilient in character and will retain its position withoutrecourse to fastening devices of any character. 1 1

With the objects named in view, the invention consists in certain tures of construction and organlzation of parts as hereinafter described and claimed;

and in orderth'at it may be fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which perspective view of a floor mop having its handle equipped, with a Flgure 1 is a cushion covering embodying t e invention. Figure 2 is an enlarged foreshortened side elevation of the protective covering.

Figure 3 is a plan-view of .the'covering with its lower end broken away and shown in section.

Figure 4 is a section of Figure 1;'and' 5 is a section on the line VV of F.1gure characters identify covering will prenovel and useful feas on the line Iv 1vt In the said drawing, where like reference corresponding parts in all of the'figures, 1 illustrates an ordinary type of floor, mop equipped with the customaryhandle 2 of substantially uniform diameter having its lower end connected to the mop or other device.

The cushion sheath of the invention consists of a sleeve or tubular portion 4 adapted to he slipped over the dle and of sufficient length to cover substantially the entire length of the handle. At its lowerend the sheath terminates in a tapering portion 5" of somewhat smaller diameter than the handle 2. In order to add to the expanding and contracting properties of the tapering portion 5 of the sheath, it is fluted or beaded exteriorly as at 6 causing such portion to tightly hug or grip the handle and efficiently retain the device in any position of adjustment and from slipping out of place. Also, the beads 6 form resilient ribs for engagement, with the low portion of furniture and to prevent marring its finish by careless use of the mop or other appliance.

The upper end of the sheath is formed with an enlargement 7 preferably of rectangular shape to offer a flat resting or enment 7, being of resilient or cushioning material, acts as a shock absorber and sound deadener to eliminate when the/handle is accidentally allowed to strike the wall or other object or fall to the fioor'. r

It will be evident from the above descriptionthat the cushion sheath'covering the entire handle will provide an eflicient protection to guard against the marring or scratching of the furniture or woodwork, and. will at the same time function as a sound. deadener.

tures ofadvantage set forth as desirable,-

From the foregoing it will be apparent upper end of the han- I the noise produced and while I have described and claimed the preferred embodiment of the same I reserve the right to make all changes properly. falling within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

v I claim 1. The combination with a handle, of a tubular cushion sheath fitting on said handle and extending substantially the full length thereof and provided with an enlarged portion at its upper end formed with flat side abutment surfaces adapted for non-rotative engagement with a wall or the like in leaning the handle thereagainst.

2. The combination with a handle, of a tubular sheath of resilient material fitting on said handle and extending substantially the full length thereof, said sheath being formed at its lower end with a tapering portion covering is placed inposition, whereby it securely grips the handle for retaining the sheath in place.

3. The combination with a handle, of a tubular sheath of cushioning material fitting 25 on said handle and extending substantially the full length thereof, said sheath being formed at its lower end with a tapering fluted portion whi SARAH LEVENSON.

which is slightly stretched when the 20 h is slightly stretched I when the covering is placed in position, 30 

